GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |